Here's a black drum I caught when I was visiting family on the MS gulf coast.
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Here's a black drum I caught when I was visiting family on the MS gulf coast.
I won a $229 Ultralight Rod and a $49 Ultralight reel from an auction at an outdoor show a few weeks ago. I took the rod/reel out on a stream and caught a bunch of smallmouth bass and was blown away at the power this little rod had. I told the owner of the company that I would have no problem using this rod for some bigger fish. He tried to steer me away from using it for big fish but I went out anyway. Here's a few of the battles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopgW3cZuaQ
this fish bent the treble hook:
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Here's one that didn't get away:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLkBWBxTR30
http://ltxtech.com/forums/attachment...id=34306&stc=1
The owner of the company is a disabled veteran that happens to be a damn good fisherman. His company is located in PA, and the rods are amazing. They are a special carbon-fiber resin that he developed. He makes the blanks in small batches. They aren't cheap, but they are top-shelf equipment for sure. If/When I break my 6' steelhead rod (St Croix), I will be ordering a replacement from his company for sure. Here a link to his company if you guys want to check them out:
http://lehighfishing.com/
Ive always wanted to go western NY steelhead fishing. From what ive seen and heard The area is truly a treasure.
Around here there are tons of large musky pike bass. Some salmon and lots of lakers on lake George.
There is nothing better than hiking into small spring fed streams and playing with non stocked trout. I guess steel head fishing is on my bucket list.
That rod looks awesome, way to pricey for me though.
Nice steel joel. Will be going up soon as well, plus walleye fishing soon !
Where you going walleye fishingQuote:
Originally Posted by dawdaw
There is a section nicknamed "steelhead alley". It's basically the eastern shoreline of Lake Erie. Starts in northwest PA and extends all the way up the shore of western NY, to Niagara Falls. There are roughly 20-30 streams/creeks where good numbers of fish come in to spawn. I try to steer clear of the dams, where the fish will stack up because it's full of asshole fisherman er, I mean fellow anglers. I target the out-of-the-way areas where you need to do some hiking to get to, or I'll target the catch and release only sections.Quote:
Originally Posted by gmpowered
If you are ever in the area, feel free to shoot me a pm. I can try to meet you out and show you some excellent spots, or I can send you a detailed map with a gps pin drop of where to park, where to walk, etc, etc.
Will jig the Saginaw soon then ice fish it in the winter. There's a pretty good run of Lakers that come in mid to late november from the bay up into a river in the thumb that i.always go.to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan
Then first ice i go to the bay and get some pretty big perch.(13 to 15 inchers)
Then ill pretty much ice fish the river all winter for eyes... they love jigging rapalas :-)
Took the day off from work and hit a trib. Caught a ton! Either 14 or 15. Tried to film while fishing and it turned out ok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz5ncCsG2dE&feature=youtu.be
Biggest one was right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx71ej_isg0&feature=youtu.be
Took a mini-vacation to Florida for 4 days. Got my first taste of salt-water fishing. We were in Cape Coral staying with relatives in their SWEET pad! Took his insane boat out to a decent spot and I landed about 15 fish total. All sorts of stuff. You never know what you're going to hook out there lol. I landed 2 small hammerhead sharks, a sea trout, a few spanish mackeral, a lady fish, and some others.
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Saltwater fishing is a rocking good time. Only chance I've ever had was when deployed to Diego Garcia (Chagos Archipelago, look it up) for Desert Fox in early 1999. My crew got a guide and went on a day long deep sea tour around the island for the day. Caught a little bit of everything, but a LOT of 50+ inch Wahoo and Baracudda. Wrong time of year otherwise the Yellowfin take would have been off the charts we found out.
Fished a couple weeks later in the harbor there. LOTS of reef fish. On light freshwater tackle, those buggers are FUN!